Lamp-burner and wick-holder.



No. 640,828. PatentedJan. 9, I900. J. L. STONE.

LAMP BURNER AND WICK HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JESSE L. STONE, OF W'OODLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAMP-BURNER AND VYlCK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,828, dated January9, 1900.

Application filed September 23, 1899. Serial No. 731,429. (No model) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE L. STONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Woodland, in the county of Olearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Burner andWick-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to a lamp-burner and wick-holder; and the objectof the same is to provide simple and effective means for holding aburner to a lamp while the latter is being filled and also to disposethe wick at such times as to be out of the Way of the pouring-spout ofthe filling vessel or that containing the oil and fully clear thefilling-orifice of the lamp-body, the improved device being continuouslyconnected to the wick without interfering with the adjustment of thesame or the saturation thereof with oil.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is asect-ional elevation of a part of a lamp,showing the burner released and thrown over and it and the wick held bythe improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of theburner, showing a wick therein and the improved attachment appliedthereto. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the improved holder.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views. 1

The numeral 1 designates a lamp-body having the usual reservoir andburner-neck 2, which is interiorly screw-threaded and affords means forfilling the reservoir. The burner 3 is adapted to be fitted in the neck2 in the usual manner and has a wick-tube 4. The parts thus fardescribed may be of any pre ferred form, as there is no specialconstruction necessary to make the improvement applicable thereto.

The improved attachment comprises, essentially, a retainer 5 and aslide-clam p 6, each of which is preferably constructed of a singlepieceof spring-wire of suitable gageJ The retainer 5 comprises a pair ofdivergent legs 7, which are continuous with an upper connectmg eyeorloop 8, which is movably' swung from a pendent loop 9 of the slidingclamp 6. The pendent loop 9 is arranged in a plane at right angles tothat of the eye or loop 8, and the opposite members 10 and 11 thereofare crossed, the member 10 being extended or directed toward one side orplane of the device and formed with a bond 12 to provide a horizontalguide-loop 13 above the pendent loop 9. The said loop 9 is located in aplane about centrally of the guide-loop 13, and the member 11 of saidpendent loop is continued in the form of a tongue 14, which projectsthrough the loop 13 and above the same. The said tongue 14 normallybears against the member of the loop 13 opposite the bend 12, so that itwill have a spring-bearing upon the Wick in a manner which will bepresently set forth.

To connect the wick 15 with the holder, the tongue 14 is sprung over toclear the loop 13 to permit the free end of the wick to be threadedthrough said loop and to position the tongue on the side of the wickopposite that engaged by the feed wheels or mechanism of the burner.When the tongue 14 is released, it exerts a pressure against the wickand holds the same against slipping or too loose movement, particularlywhen the lamp-burner is disconnected, asshown by Fig. 1, as it will beobserved that the pendent loop 9 presses against the same side of thewick on which the tongue 14 bears and presses said wick closely againstthe adjacent portion of the neck 2. The legs 7 of the retainer also havetheir upper portions bearing on the wick and the burner is preventedfrom disconnection relatively to the lamp-body by the divergent positionof the said legs. lhe legs 7 will catch and hold under the inner end ofthe neck 2, and the opening through the latter will be almost completelycleared and provide convenient means for filling the reservoir. When thewick bearing the attachment is applied to the lamp-body, together withthe burner, the legs 7 are pressed together or confined sufficiently toinsert them through the neck 2. The tongue 14 projects upwardly into thewick-tube 4, as shown by Fig. 2, and keeps the Wick close to the feedingdevices therefor, as well as prevents the disengagement of the holderfrom the wick when the burner is arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and alsoprevents slipping of the guide-loop 13 on the said wick. The improvedattachment, however, does not interfere with the proper feed of the Wickupwardly through the wicktuhe 4 nor with the proper saturation or feedof the oil through the wick.

It will be observed that the clamping-guide 6 has a free hinged movementrelatively to the retainer 5, and the two parts are not strained in theleast when the burner 3 is thrown over one side of the lamp-body, as

shown by Fig. l, and are caused to more ef-.

fectively serve their intended functions.

The use of the improved attachment obvi ates the necessity of holdingthe burner or removing a greasy burner and wick when it is necessary tofill a lamp, and the hands of the operator are thereby left free forproperly holding and arranging the oil-can.

Other advantages will become apparent in the use of the device, andchanges in the form, proportions, and minor details may he resorted toWithout in the least departing from the nature or spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Adevice of the character set forth, comprising a slidable looped clamp toembrace a wick, and a retainer movably attached thereto.

Y 2. A device of the character set forth, comprising a slidablelooped'guide to embrace a Wick and having a pendent loop and a retainermovably attached to said loop and having a pair of divergent legs.

3. A device of the character set forth, consisting of a clampinguidecomprising a pendent loop, a horizontal guide-loop in a plane at rightangles to the pendent loop and a tongue extending through the saidguideloop, and a retainer having an upper eye or loop movably sw nng onthe pendent loop and from which extend divergent legs.

4. The combination with a lamp-body, a burner and a Wick, of a holdercomprising a clamping-guide including a guide-loop havinga yieldingtongue extending theret-hrongh, and a retainer having divergent legs,the guide-loop surrounding the Wick and the tongue resting against thelatter.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE L. STONE.

Witnesses:

R. B. THOMPSON, GEO. B. MoGILL.

